ABSTRACTOne of the most important political intellectual representatives of Jadid Movement which states the thought of modernization, modern political and cultural development among Russian Turks is Ayaz Ishaki. Ishaki, especially, tried to form a future in which Tatars who lived or were made to live far from their homeland will be in unity and brotherhood, and a national identity by publishing the magazines Millî Yul and Yaŋa Millî Yul between the years 1928-1939 in which time he was in immigration. His political writings in these journals were examined by using discourse-historical approach and we tried to reveal discourses and strategies put forward by him to build national identity thought among Tatars.
KEY WORDSAyaz Ishakı, Millî Yul, Yaŋa Millî Yul, National Identity, Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse-Historical Approach, Tatar, Tatar intellectual.